shut up

See also: shutup and shut-up

English

Alternative forms

shuddup (eye dialect)
shaddup (eye dialect)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ʃʌt ˈʌp/
(US) IPA^(key): /ʃʌt ˈʌp/, [ʃʌˈɾʌp]

Verb

shut up (third-person singular simple present shuts up, present participle shutting up, simple past and past participle shut up)

(transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
(transitive) To terminate (a business).
(transitive) To enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde:
  "You know the doctor's ways, sir," replied Poole, "and how he shuts himself up. Well, he's shut up again in the cabinet; and I don't like it, sir—I wish I may die if I like it. Mr. Utterson, sir, I'm afraid."
(transitive) To put (an object) in a secure enclosed place.
(ergative) Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.
You are talking so loud that I can't hear the music — would you mind shutting up?

He was blathering on about something, but I managed to shut him up.
(intransitive, colloquial, used only in the imperative) I don't believe it!, no way!
"I got accepted to Yale!" / "Shut up, really? That's awesome!"
(transitive, slang, dated) To murder, kill
I just heard that your wife was trying to shut you up for the insurance money.

Usage notes

When used in the imperative to tell someone to be quiet or to stop making a noise:
- This expression is considered forceful or impolite. A neutral alternative is "be quiet".
- Shut the fuck up (a stronger version of shut up) may rarely be shortened to fuck up. It is not shortened in grammatical moods other than the imperative.

Synonyms

(close (a building)): close off, seal up
(terminate (a business)): end, terminate, wind up
(enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room so that it cannot leave): lock in, seal in
(put (an object) in a secure enclosed place): lock up, stash, stash away
(to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) making noise): hush, quieten, shush, silence
(to stop talking or making noise): be quiet, be silent, fall silent, hush, quieten down, shush; (in the imperative): be quiet!, can it!, hush!, put a sock in it!, quiet!, sh!, shush!, shut it!, shut your face! (impolite), shut your mouth! (impolite), shaddap, silence!, st!, STFU; see also Thesaurus:stop talking
(I don't believe it): get out!, never!, no!, no way!, yeah right!, you don't say!

Antonyms

(close (a building)): open, open up, reopen
(terminate (a business)): establish, set up, start, start up
(enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room so that it cannot leave): release

Derived terms

Translations

close (a building) so that no one can enter

Czech: zamknout
Finnish: sulkea (fi), lukita (fi)
French: fermer (fr)
Greek:
Ancient: κατακλείω (katakleíō)
Hiligaynon: saradhi
Hungarian: becsuk (hu), becsap (hu), bezár (hu), lezár (hu)

Japanese: 封鎖する (fūsa suru)
Norwegian: låse, låse av, stenge
Polish: zamknąć (pl)
Spanish: cerrar (es)
Swedish: stänga (sv), låsa (sv)
Tagalog: isara (tl)
Turkish: kilitlemek (tr), kapatmak (tr)

terminate (a business)

Finnish: sulkea (fi), lopettaa (toiminta)
Hungarian: bezár (hu), befejez (hu)
Japanese: たたむ (ja) (tatamu)
Latin: arceō
Norwegian: avslutte (no)

Polish: zamknąć (pl)
Russian: запере́ть (ru) pf (zaperétʹ) (=lock up)
Spanish: cerrar (es), clausurar (es)
Swedish: stänga (sv), slå igen

enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave

Finnish: sulkea (fi), teljetä (fi), vangita (fi)
French: enfermer (fr), renfermer (fr)
Hungarian: bezár (hu)
Japanese: 監禁する (kankin suru)
Norwegian: låse inn
Polish: zamknąć (pl)

Russian: запере́ть (ru) pf (zaperétʹ)
Spanish: encerrar (es)
Swedish: låsa in, bura in (sv)
Tagalog: ikulong, ilagay (tl), itago (tl)
Turkish: hapsetmek (tr), kapatmak (tr)

put (an object) in a secure enclosed place

Finnish: laittaa talteen
French: enfermer (fr), renfermer (fr)
Hungarian: elzár (hu)
Japanese: 封印する (fūin suru)
Polish: zamknąć (pl)

Russian: запере́ть (ru) pf (zaperétʹ)
Spanish: encerrar (es), guardar (es), resguardar (es)
Swedish: låsa in
Turkish: kapatmak (tr), kilitlemek (tr)

transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise

Finnish: hiljentää (fi), vaientaa, tehdä hiljaiseksi, sulkea suu
French: faire taire, taire (fr)
Hungarian: elhallgattat (hu)
Italian: zittire (it)
Japanese: 黙らせる (damaraseru)
Persian: خفه کردن‎ (fa) (xafe kardan)

Polish: zamknąć (pl)
Portuguese: calar (pt)
Russian: заткну́ть (ru) pf (zatknútʹ) (rude)
Spanish: callar (es)
Swedish: tysta (sv), kväsa (sv)
Turkish: susturmak (tr), çenesini kapatmak (tr)

intransitive: to stop talking or making noise

Czech: držet hubu (cs)
Danish: holde mund, holde kæft (da), klappe i (da), klappe kaje
Dutch: zwijgen (nl), stilvallen (nl)
Finnish: hiljetä (fi), vaieta (fi), sulkea suunsa
French: se taire (fr)
German: den Mund halten
Hungarian: kussol (hu), elkussol, bekussol, befogja a száját, befogja a pofáját, elhallgat (hu), elnémul
Italian: fare silenzio, star zitto, tacere (it)
Japanese: 静かにする (shizuka ni suru)
Latin: taceo (la), conticeo
Malay: diam, senyap
Maore Comorian: uɓuriha (uburiha)

Maori: whakangūngū, taipa
Ngazidja Comorian: uɗaza (udaza)
Norwegian: ti stille, holde kjeft
Persian: خفه شدن‎ (fa) (xafe šodan)
Polish: zamknąć się (pl)
Portuguese: calar-se, calar a boca
Russian: заткну́ться (ru) pf (zatknútʹsja) (rude)
Spanish: callarse (es), cerrar la boca
Swedish: tiga (sv)
Tagalog: tumahimik
Turkish: susmak (tr)

imperative: "Shut up!" — See also translations at hold one's tongue

Afrikaans: bly stil
Albanian: shët!, qetësi (sq)!, mbylle gojën!
Arabic: صَه‎ (ar) (ṣah), اُسْكُت‎ (uskut), إِخْرَس‎ (ʾiḵras), سَكِّر تُمَّك‎ (sakkir tummak)
Egyptian Arabic: إخراس!‎ (ʔexrass) (when talking with male), أخرسي!‎ (ʔexrasi) (when talking with a female)
Armenian: լռի՛ր (lṙír)
Basque: isildu
Belarusian: заткні́цеся! (zatknícjesja!)
Bulgarian: млъкни (bg) (mlakni!)
Burmese: ပါးစပ်ပိတ်ထား (pa:cappithta:)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 收聲, 收声 (sau¹ seng¹), 收嗲 (sau¹ de¹)

Mandarin: 閉嘴 (zh), 闭嘴 (zh) (bìzuǐ), 住口 (zh) (zhùkǒu)

Min Nan: 恬去 (zh-min-nan) (tiām-khì)
Czech: mlč (cs), mlčte, drž hubu (cs) (impolite), držte hubu (impolite)
Danish: hold kæft
Dutch: hou je kop, kop dicht, hou je smoel, hou je bek
Esperanto: silentu
Estonian: suu kinni!
Finnish: ole hiljaa sg, olkaa hiljaa pl, hiljaa (fi), suu tukkoon (impolite), turpa kiinni (rude)
French: tais-toi! informal, taisez-vous! formal or plural; ferme-la! informal and impolite, boucle-la! informal and impolite, ta gueule! informal and very impolite
Georgian: მოკეტე‎ (moḳeṭe), ხმა ჩაიკმინდე (xma čaiḳminde)
German: halt den Mund, halt dein Maul, halt die Fresse, halt die Klappe (sg.), halt's Maul, halt den Rand
Greek: σκασμός (el) (skasmós), σκάσε (el) (skáse), βούλωσέ το (voúlosé to), ησυχία (isikhía) informal, πάψε (pápse) informal
Hebrew: שתוק‎ (he) (shtók), סתום‎ (he) (stóm), סתום ת'פה‎ (stóm tapé)
Hiligaynon: hipus!
Hindi: चुप रहो! (cup raho!), चुप रह! (cup rah!), चुप रहिए (cup rahie)
Hungarian: kuss (hu), pofa be, fogd be, csend legyen
Ido: tacez
Irish: éist do bhéal, dún do bhéal, dún do chlab
Italian: stai zitto, taci, zitto informal and singular, state zitti, tacete, zitti (it) pl, silenzio (it)
Japanese: (impolite, stop talking) だまれ (damare); (impolite, noisy) うるさい (ja) (urusai); (polite) お静かに (o-shizuka ni); (polite and rude) お黙り (o-damari)

Khmer: ឈប់និយាយ (cʰup ni’yiey)
Korean: 시끄러워 (ko) (sikkeureowo), 닥쳐 (ko) (dakchyeo), 시끄러 (ko) (sikkeureo)
Lao: ຫຸບປາກ (hup pāk)
Latin: tace (to a single person); tacete pl, favete linguis (to more than one person)
Latvian: apklusti, aizver muti
Lithuanian: tylėk, tylėkite pl, nutilk, nutilkite pl, užsičiaupk (rude), užsičiaupkite pl (rude)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: хаалттай (haalttaj)
Navajo: nizghééʼ
Ngazidja Comorian: ɗaza (daza)
Norwegian: hold kjeft, hold tåta, kjeften, kjeft (no), hold munn, hold kjeft
Old Norse: þegi þú
Persian: خفه شو‎ (xafe šow) (rude), زر نزن‎ (zer nazan) (rude)
Polish: zamknij się (pl), zamknijcie się, zamknij ryj (rude), zamknijcie ryje (to group, rude), morda w kubeł (pl) (rude), zamknij dupę (vulgar), stul dziób (insulting), stul pysk (highly insulting), zamknij mordę (highly insulting)
Portuguese: cala a boca, cale-se, cale a boca, cala-te
Punjabi: ਚੁੱਪ ਕਰ! (chup kar)
Romanian: taci din gură, taci
Russian: заткни́сь (zatknísʹ) (sg.), заткни́тесь (zatknítesʹ) (pl.), замолчи́ (zamolčí) (sg.), замолчи́те (zamolčíte) (pl.), закро́й рот (zakrój rot) (sg.), закро́йте рот (zakrójte rot) (pl.)
Scots: haud yer wheesht
Scottish Gaelic: dùin do chab
Serbo-Croatian: začepi!, ((more polite than "začepi", but still impolite: )) šuti!, začepi gubicu! (sh), začepi gubec!, zaveži!, muči! (sh)
Spanish: cállate la boca, cállate (es), cierra la boca, callad (es), cállanse, cállese (es), silencio (es)
Swedish: håll tyst (sv), håll käften (sv), tig (sv), håll mun, håll klaffen, häll käft
Tagalog: tumahimik ka!
Tamil: வாயை மூடு (vāyai mūṭu)
Thai: หุบปาก (hùp-bpàak)
Turkish: kapa çeneni, sus (tr), kes sesini
Urdu: چپ رہو!‎ (cup raho!), چپ رہ!‎ (cup rah!), چپ رہئے!‎ (cup rahie!)
Vietnamese: câm (vi), câm mồm, câm miệng, ngậm miệng, câm đi, câm đê, im đi, im (vi), im đê, im mồm (vi)
Welsh: cau dy geg

"I don't believe it!"

Dutch: ga weg!, dat meen je niet!, nooit!
Finnish: älä sano!, höpö-höpö!
Georgian: არ არსებობს (ar arsebobs)
Greek: έλα (el) (éla), άντε (el) (ánte), τι λες τώρα (ti les tóra), σώπα (el) (sópa), τι μου λες (ti mou les)
Hebrew: דַּי‎ (he) (day)
Hungarian: nem mondod, micsoda (hu)
Italian: ma va!

Japanese: うそ (ja) (uso)
Norwegian: det mener du ikke
Polish: nie gadaj!
Portuguese: mentira! (pt)
Swedish: vad säger du, du skojar, seriöst (sv)
Tagalog: hindi nga!
Turkish: ne diyorsun, inanmıyorum (tr)

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Translations to be checked

said to people to stop them talking or making noise

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} ophouden (nl), ^{(please verify)} mond houden, ^{(please verify)} bek dicht, ^{(please verify)} klep dicht, ^{(please verify)} hou je muil
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} diam (id)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 가두다 (ko) (gaduda)

Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} ده‌مت داخه‌‎ (demt daxe)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} gura, ^{(please verify)} taci din gurã

Adjective

shut up (comparative more shut up, superlative most shut up)

Closed up or off, as in a building that no one is to enter.
- 2010. Jem (And Sam). Ferdinand Mount.
  She did not come to Court, but she must have been taken to Montagu's house, for the Clerkenwell house was all shut up and was to be sold.
- 1865. The Wisconsin Farmer, and Northwestern Cultivator, Volume 17. Pg. 75.
  Open sheds are too much exposed to drifting snow, and they cannot be shut up and made warm enough for early lambing.
- 1880. An Earnest Trifler. Mary Aplin Sprague. Pg. 166.
  Beaudeck is a very shut-up place.

Anagrams

Pushtu

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